William dowattam



(No Model.)

W. DOWNHAM.

CARRIAGE CURTAIN ATTACHMENT.

No. 300,451. Patented June 1'7, 1884,

U ITED ST TES "IIJJIAM DOIVNIIAM, OF ST. JOHNS,-

MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PORTER K. PERRIN, OF SAME PLACE.

CARRIAGE-CURTAIN ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 300,451, dated June 1'7, 1884:.

A pplication filed April 26, 188-1. (No model.)

To (LIZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, TILLIAM DO\\NllL-U[, of St. Johns, in the county of Clinton and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful 5 Improvements in Garriagc-Gurtain Attachments; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in devices for securing flexible carriage-curtains to the frame of the top, by means of which the liability of acci- '15 dental derangement or tearing out of the button-holes of the curtainis reduced to the minimum. 'temovablc carriage-curtains are usually provided with button-holes stayed in many known ways, which button-holes are engaged with button studs which are secured to the proper parts of the top frame and body of the vehicle. High winds and other causes at times produce so great astrain upon these but ton-holes that, no matter how well stayed they may be, they tear out.

The object of the present invention is to do away with the button holes as ordinarily made, and substitute therefor an elastic thinible adapted to engage with and entirely cover 0 the projecting button-studs, and so secured to the curtain that there is very little liability to damage.

Figure l is a perspective view of a section of a curtain with my elastic thinible attached.

3 5 Fig. 2 is an elevation of the reverse side of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal central section through the stud, button, and thimble.

In the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, A represents a flexible carriage-curtain, provided near one of its edges (or both edges, as the case may be) with as many round holes aas may he necessary. Upon the outer face of the curtain, and over each of the holes, there is placed a thimble, 3, which is made from rubber and provided with an annular flange, b, which, when in place, rests against the face of the curtain,with the flange surrounding the holes, and is secured to the curtain by means of the annular ring 0, from the inner faceof which project small spurs,wl1ich are forced through the flange and curtain and engage with the an nular ring d, which rests against the inner face of said curtain. By these means a desirable and safe substitute is obtained for the ordinary button-hole,which engages with the stud-button O, the head of which is forced through the hole in the curtain and into the thiinble, the elasticity of which secures the parts together.

I do not desire to confine my invention to carriage-curtains, it is evident that it may be employed in very many other cases.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. In combination with acnrtain, athimble made of elastic material and secured over and 65 around buttonholes in said curtain,as a means Lil ,of securing said curtain to a button-stud, substantially as described.

. 2. In combination with a stud button, the thinrblc B, provided with annular flange Z), the annular ring 0, and the ring (I, as a means of securing a curtain to a button, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

WILLIAM DOWNHAM.

\Vitnesses: v

HENRY M. PERRIN, Wit. E. SLADE. 

